commander@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoAAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20wccftech.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down11
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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoIt depends, it’s certainly inaccurate to describe all F2P games as doing this. Runescape, at least back in the 2000s, was F2P or a monthly sub. That was it.
minus-squaremika_mika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·37 minutes agoRunescape also was a free game at a time when those weren’t really common. I honestly can’t think of any others with the scope of RS. Not only was it free, it ran entirely in a browser window. That’s how it managed to build its player base, and it coasts on that nostalgia to this day.
It depends, it’s certainly inaccurate to describe all F2P games as doing this. Runescape, at least back in the 2000s, was F2P or a monthly sub. That was it.
Runescape also was a free game at a time when those weren’t really common. I honestly can’t think of any others with the scope of RS.
Not only was it free, it ran entirely in a browser window.
That’s how it managed to build its player base, and it coasts on that nostalgia to this day.